The sound you hear is the slow speed governor. It is normal and can be heard
in almost all mechanical shutter cameras.
John Hermanson
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From: Marc Attinasi <marc@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <olympus-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2000 1:34 PM
Subject: [OM] Question about my OM-3Ti...
> I have a two-year old OM-3Ti that I have put about 20-25 rolls through
> very happily. I was shooting the other day with it and I noticed
> something I had never really noticed before. When changing the shutter
> speed from 15th to 30th there is a very faint sound, similar to a
> spring-driven gear spinning. The same sound is heard going from 30th to
> 60th, and it is slightly louder in that transition. There is a very
> slight increase in the resistance of the shutter speed ring, not much
> and certainly not a binding-up at all, just a very slight resistance
> coincident with the slight noise. I am guessing that there is a separate
> shutter governor being engaged when going from slow speeds to higher
> speeds, and that maybe the sound / resistance is a result of some
> engagement and/or disengagement related to switching speed-governors. I
> am not sure if the noise / resistance has always been there or not as I
> generally do not use the slower speeds and I also tend to shoot in
> noisier situations.
>
> My questions: do other OM-3's have this same 'symptom', and is it a
> sign of a problem? I certainly cannot find any problem *now* as the
> camera works perfectly and the shutter speeds are very precise. I am
> more worried about it as a sign of future problems - I plan to have this
> camera for at least 15 years (at the price I paid it should last 30!).
>
> Thanks for any help,
> -marc
>
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